Oregon - Oregon LGBTQ+ organization calls Republican lawmakers ‘reckless’ for naming trans student

Elizabeth Miller

OPB 

Sherwood, OR

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Oregon - NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports

Eric Olson

Central Oregon Daily News

Bushnell University

Eugene, OR

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lead story - HRC Mourns Jessi Hart, 42-Year-Old Transgender Woman Killed in Banks, Oregon

Jose Soto

HRC

Banks, OR

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ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the murder of Jessi Hart, please contact the Washington County Police Department (Oregon) at 503-629-0111.   Thanks.

lead story - HRC Mourns Oliver “Ollie” Taylor, White Transgender Teen Killed in Oregon

Madeleine Roberts

HRC

Gervais, OR

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Oregon - A Lawsuit Against Gov. Kate Brown Reunites Old Allies From the Conservative Edge of Oregon Politics

Tess Riski
Willamette Week

Baker City, OR

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ezs note: To those attending a church, synagogue, mosque, etc. - have you heard of zoom?  You meet in a gathering, without the pesky business of dying.  You ought to try it out! 

Oregon - Advocates, families and transgender students push for progress in Oregon schools

Natalie Pate
Statesman-Journal

South Salem, OR (neighborhood) 

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Nevada - National Guard in California, Nevada, Washington State, Oregon, and New Mexico Defy Trump’s Trans Troops Ban

Samantha Allen

The Daily Beast

Carson City, NV

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civil rights - Oregon LGBTQ Advocacy Groups Fighting Lawsuit That Would Prohibit Transgender Students From Using Bathrooms That Match Gender Identity

Elise Herron
Willamette Week

Salem, OR

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Oregon - Oregon to allow students to identify as neither male nor female

Bethany Barnes
The Oregonian

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lead story - HRC Mourns Gigi Pierce, Transgender Woman Fatally Shot in Oregon

Helen Parshall
HRC

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ACLU Of Oregon Seeks Dismissal Of Transgender Locker Room Lawsuit

Ericka Cruz Guevarra
OPB

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Oregon - Oregon grants transgender inmate's request to move to women's prison

Noelle Crombie
The Oregonian

Coffee Creek Correctional Institution

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Parents Sue Oregon for School’s Transgender Bathroom Policy

Nick McCann

Courthouse News

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Milton-Freewater, Oregon

estimated transgender population:  41*

(rounded up)

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ezs note:  Peas! Corn!  Muddy frogwater!  These are a few of the things you'll find as you explore Milton-Freewater, Oregon!  

*Credit:  http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/How-Many-Adults-Identify-as-Transgender-in-the-United-States.pdf

Transgender inmate settles lawsuit with Oregon over medical treatment

Gillian Flaccus
KVAL

Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution

Pendleton, OR

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Bandon, Oregon

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ezs note:  Well, ya like the beach?  Then I think you'll like Bandon, Oregon! 

Oregon Just Added a Third Gender Option on Driver’s Licenses

Samantha Michaels
Mother Jones

Oregon

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Oregon Governor Signs Transgender Equity Bill Into Law

Kristena Hansen
U.S. News and World Report

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Transgender birth records bill passes Oregon House

AP
KTVL

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Lynn Benton, transgender man, locked up in woman's facility

Stephen Mayer
KATU

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